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msprufrock 's review for:
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
James Baldwin has a talent for writing of his ideas and ideals in a way that was extremely intelligent and accessible, as well as very powerful. The two letters that make up this small volume do an amazing job of portraying the political and (to a point) the religious culture at the time of the Civil Rights Movement. Examining many angles of the situation, from prevalent white views of African Americans to how these views affect people in the black community to the growing influence (and perhaps danger) of the Nation of Islam, Baldwin skilfully articulates the complexity and the number of influences of the early civil rights movement and, reflected in the epigraph and title of the volume, the inevitability of a world-shaking revolution if racial tensions fail to improve.
This is a fantastic lens through which to view the beginning of the movement, and anyone interested in that period of history should read it.
This is a fantastic lens through which to view the beginning of the movement, and anyone interested in that period of history should read it.